3-4 Sep 2011
Goettingen, Germany
Workshop "Proper Names: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives" Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 3-4 September 2011. Programme Saturday, 3 September 09:15 - 09:30 DOLF RAMI (London/Göttingen) & MARK TEXTOR (London): Welcome/Introductory 09:30 - 11:00 MARK SAINSBURY (Austin): The Same Name 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 - 13:00 ROBIN JESHION (Riverside): Names not Predicates 14:00 - 15:30 ORA MATUSHANSKY (Utrecht): The famous detective Sherlock Holmes, Adam Smith the politician, and other illustrious names 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 - 17:30 DOLF RAMI (London/Göttingen): Names and Naming 17:30 - 17:45 Break 17:45 - 19:15 GIUSEPPE LONGOBARDI (Trieste): How universal is DP? Sunday, 4 September 09:15 - 10:45 KENNETH TAYLOR (Stanford): Names and Other Devices of Explicit Co-Reference 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 12:45 EMAR MAIER (Groningen): Proper names as improper indexicals 14:15 - 15:45 STEFANO PREDELLI (Nottingham): Meaningful Names 15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break 16:15 - 18:15 STEPHEN BARKER (Nottingham) & MARK TEXTOR (London): Names and Referential Trees 18:15 - 18:30 Break 18:30 - 20:00 HANS KAMP (Stuttgart): Proper Names as Reference Devices in Verbal Communication. The workshop will take place in the historic observatory. For more information, please visit the conference website: http://propernounsandpredicates.wordpress.com Places are strictly limited and registration required. Contact e-mail for registration: Turan.Lackschewitz@zvw.uni-goettingen.de Organisation: Christian Beyer ( University of Göttingen/Lichtenberg-Kolleg Göttingen), Dolf Rami (King's College London/University of Göttingen) and Mark Textor (King's College London) in cooperation with Lichtenberg-Kolleg Göttingen.